Statue of Martin Luther King Jr. (Houston)

{{Short description|Sculpture in Houston, Texas, U.S.}}

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| artist = Ed Dwight

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| year = {{start date|2007}}

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| type = Sculpture

| material = Bronze

| subject = Martin Luther King Jr.

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| city = Houston, Texas, United States

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An outdoor 2007 bronze sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr. by American artist Ed Dwight{{cite web|title=Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.|url=http://www.houstontx.gov/parks/artinparks/drmartinlutherking.html|publisher=City of Houston|access-date=October 21, 2015}} is installed in Hermann Park's McGovern Centennial Gardens in Houston, Texas, United States.{{cite web|title=Points of Interest: Hawkins Sculpture Walk|url=http://www.hermannpark.org/poi/127/|publisher=Hermann Park Conservancy|access-date=October 21, 2015}} The sculpture was vandalized with white paint in August 2017. John D. Harden, Margaret Kadifa, Mike Morris, and Brooke A. Lewis of the Houston Chronicle noted that the vandalism occurred around the same time that protesters demanded the removal of Confederate monuments and memorials in Houston, and the same day that the city's statue of Christopher Columbus was vandalized with red paint.{{cite news| url=https://www.chron.com/houston/article/Reports-Christopher-Columbus-statue-vandalized-11883027.php| last1=Harden| first1=John D.| last2=Kadifa| first2=margaret| last3=Morris| first3=Mike| last4=Lewis| first4=Brooke A.| title=MLK, Christopher Columbus statues vandalized in Houston parks| newspaper=Houston Chronicle| date=August 17, 2017| access-date=May 1, 2018}}